Belt



Patented Aug. 26, 1947 BELT Joseph Chianese, New York, N. Y., assignorto S. Froehlich Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New YorkApplication October 9, 1945, Serial No. 621,196

Claims.

This invention relates to wearing apparel and has particular referenceto an improved belt in which longitudinal portions thereof areconstructed for interfitting engagement for coupling the same togetherin belt formation.

The invention has in view a belt composed of plies fashioned from alength of material having opposite longitudinal portions thereofconstructed for interfitting engagement whereby the portions may bedoubled over in overlying relation with the medial portion of thematerial and interfitted for connecting the portions in belt formation.

More particularly the invention has for an object the provision of abelt fashioned from a unitary piece of material to provide oppositeplies thereof, the rear ply being formed by interfitting longitudinaledge portions thereof and adhesively securing the same to the front ply.

With the foregoing and other objects in View reference is now made tothe following specification and accompanying drawings in which isillustrated the preferred embodiment thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a belt constructed in accordance withthe invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary inside face view of the strip from which thebelt is produced.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on line 3-3 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary face view of the inner ply of the belt.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on line 55 ofFig. 4.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the belt isfashioned from a strip of material In such as leather and the like whichis of a length to constitute the over-all length of the belt togetherwith the doubled portion providing the loop for securing the buckle orfastening device thereto and the same is of a width to form the innerand outer plies of the belt.

The strip I0 is formed along opposite longitudinal edges thereof withlongitudinally spaced similar dovetailed notches II and longitudinallyspaced similar dove-tailed projections l2 between adjacent notches, thenotches l I along one longitudinal edge thereof being located oppositethe dove-tailed projections l2 along the opposite longitudinal edge. Theinner face of the strip I0 is skived to provide longitudinally extendingrecesses defined by inwardly declining longitudinal face portions I3extending inwardly from opposite longitudinal edges thereof andoutwardly declining longitudinally extending face por- 2 tions [4respectively merging with the face portions [3 along the inner edges l5thereof. The inner longitudinal edges l6 of the face portions 14 formthe opposite or outer longitudinal edges of a longitudinally extendingmedial portion ll of relatively greater thickness than the longitudinally skived portions at each side thereof and which medial portion His formed with an inner face disposed parallel with the opposite orouter face [8 of the strip III.

In producing the belt from the strip H] the inner face thereof is coatedwith an adhesive such as rubber cement and the like and the oppositelongitudinal edge portions are folded inwardly along the line [5 formedby the skiving of the said inner face to thereby dispose the oppositeskived face portions 13 upon the skived face portions l4 and upon theinner face of the longitudinally extendin medial portion I! with thedove-tailed notches and projections H and I2 along one longitudinal edgethereof interfitting with the dove-tailed notches and projections II andI2 along the opposite longitudinal edge thereof. The longitudinalportion of the strip l0 between the lines l5 constitutes the outer plyI9 of the belt while the inturned and interfitted portions thereofconstitute the inner ply 20 of the belt. After the strip It] is thusfolded into belt formation pressure is applied to opposite faces thereofto compress the inner faces of the plies together and to set theopposite plies, the skiving of the inner face of the strip Illfunctioning to form when the same is folded into belt formation theouter ply l9 with an arcuate shaped outer face in cross-section and theinner ply 20 with a substantially straight or plain outer face incross-section.

The belt is provided with means for coupling the ends thereof togetherin endless formation such as a buckle 2| or other type of connectingmeans. The buckle is connected therewith by doubling over the endportion 22 of the belt which is secured in loop formation by stitching23, the opposite end of the belt being provided with a plurality oflongitudinally spaced openings 24 for selective engagement by the buckle2|.

What is claimed is:

1. In a belt, opposite longitudinally extending plies constructed from astrip of material having opposite longitudinal edge portions formed withlongitudinally spaced dove-tailed notches and projections, said striphaving one face thereof skived to provide longitudinally extendingrecesses defined by inwardly declining longitudinally extending faceportions merging along the inner edges thereof respectively withoutwardly declining longitudinally extending face portions, said stripbeing folded inwardly along said merging lines of said face portions toprovide said opposite plies with the dove-tailed notches and projectionsalong one edge thereof interfitted with the dove-tailed notches andprojections in the opposite edge portion thereof.

2. In a belt, opposite longitudinally extending plies connected togetherat their outer edges, one of said plies consisting of oppositelongitudinally extending portions having interfitted notches andprojections coupling said portions together, said plies having theirinner faces longitudinally skived adjacent their longitudinal edges withthe longitudinally extending medial portion of the other of said pliesrelatively thicker than said skived portions and means cementing theinner faces of the opposite plies together whereby the outer face of thebelt is retained in convex formation in cross-section.

3. In a belt, said belt including opposite longitudinally extendingplies constructed from a strip of material having opposite longitudinaledge portions formed with longitudinally spaced dove-tailed notches andprojections, said strip having one face thereof longitudinally skivedadjacent the opposite longitudinal edges thereof, said strip beingfolded inwardly intermediate the longitudinally skivedportions tothereby provide said opposite plies, with the dove-tailed notches andprojections along one longitudinal edge thereof interfitted with thedove-tailed notches and projections in the opposite longitudinal edgeportion thereof and means cementing said opposite plies in adjacentrelation.

4. In a belt, said belt including opposite 1ongitudinally extendingplies constructed from a length of material having opposite longitudinaledge portions thereof formed with longitudigitudinally extending pliesconstructed from a strip of material having opposite longitudinal edgeportions formed with longitudinally spaced notches and projections, saidstrip having one face thereof longitudinally skived adjacent theopposite longitudinal edges thereof, said strip being folded inwardlyintermediate the longitudinally skived portions to thereby provide saidopposite plies with the notches and projections along one longitudinaledge thereof interfitted with the notches and projections in theopposite longitudinal edge portion thereof and means cementing saidopposite plies in adjacent relation.

JOSEPH CHIANESE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,210,083 Knower Dec. 26, 1916886,439 Susseles May 5, 1908' 2,341,371 Frank I Feb. 8, 1944 1,674,584Anderson June 19, 1928

